Talon Posted October 22, 2014 Posted October 22, 2014 What an enjoyable video that was! They really love it out there. It is so open and I am amazed they aren't scared to be in the open like that. My greys are still too scared to like my aviary..but since it's cold here now..I will try again next spring! Besides..Nilah thinks it's all hers!
SRSeedBurners Posted October 27, 2014 Author Posted October 27, 2014 !!!Done!!! From here on out - it's my wife's problem, unless it falls apart It's been a hell of a lot of work but so worth it when I see GreycieMae in it. She absolutely LOVES it. She was a happy bird to start with but I swear I detect an even greater happiness in her. She's full of happy noises in the evenings not to mention tuckered out most of the time from playing non-stop. The thing cost a lot more than I was expecting but when you see what people pay for an aluminum macaw cage - I still came in under that. It makes taking care of three fully flighted no-cage birds a breeze. It's really lifted a burden off of my wife who takes care of them during the day while I'm making the donuts. Still have some new bare spots to fill with winter rye from new digging. The white rock looks really good surround the lush green in the interior. Not sure how long it will stay white as the dirt mixes in with it. I really screwed up and should have put the root barrier on top of the dig wire rather than underneath the dig wire. Cost me about double the rock and lots of trouble keeping the wire down as I was filling in rock We finally found a way to keep Rio happy in the aviary. He now has his own fort. Every boy needs a fort He stayed in his fort nearly all day once I installed it... And finally - what's a girl to do after a long day watching Daddy work hard? [video=youtube_share;Bn0T7bcfGck] 1
Muse Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 She obviously doesn't trust you with the power tools. You can see she's keeping a very close eye on you while you are using them. LOL
Luvparrots Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 I love it. Your birdies should be very happy. It's great looking and I am truly envious. Good job!
Muse Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 Gorgeous!!! What lucky birds. You did a fantastic job. I love the basket and the 'fort'!
Timbersmom Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 You did such a great job! Love all the pics and the movie, thanks for sharing
Greytness Posted October 27, 2014 Posted October 27, 2014 Nice work! I Like how you incorporated the white rocks around the base to help keep the critters out. I can't wait to get started on my sunroom/aviary project in 2015. In the meantime, can my fids fly over for a play date some time?
reptoman Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 Great thread! We dont even have a Grey yet and I want to build an aviary, lol
SRSeedBurners Posted February 13, 2015 Author Posted February 13, 2015 Great thread! We dont even have a Grey yet and I want to build an aviary, lol Come see it - you're just down the road!
birdhouse Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 Somehow I missed the part of this thread where aviary got finished. That's so gorgeous. I know you've said it was a lot more time & money than you'd originally planned. But do you feel like it was worth it in the end? It certainly looks like it's going to give everyone a lot of pleasure for a lot of years. Us too, I hope. lol In other words, got any recent videos?
aerial.2000 Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 loveeeee this aviary ... I want one so bad for Marco and Dixie !!!!!!!!
Inara Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 YAY!!! Such a wonderful aviary/environment. I loved catching up, looking at the pics and especially the videos! The best part was hearing you talk with your adorable fids!
aerial.2000 Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 lol I keep looking round my yard to find a spot for one for our birds. I just love love love this!
SRSeedBurners Posted February 22, 2015 Author Posted February 22, 2015 Our direct backyard is not much bigger than the typical postage stamp backyards everywhere. Shoot, we're still toying with the idea of netting our whole backyard in for them.
aerial.2000 Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 I almost thought about converting my front porch or half of it for one ...
SRSeedBurners Posted February 23, 2015 Author Posted February 23, 2015 We thought about netting in our front porch area but after what happened to Ozzy(sp?) with those teenage bastards that shot him I won't expose my birds to anyone off the road that can take a pot shot at them with a pellet gun just for something fun to do.
aerial.2000 Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 OMG how horrifying !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I dont anticipate anything like that to happen where I live. However that is just terrible to hear I think it would be fun to enclose a portion of the porch for this but then the only down side is no grass for them to enjoy ... hmmmm
kins2321@yahoo.com Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 Say WHAT???? I missed the forum about pellet gun shooting! Can you repeat it??? Nancy PS.... MY blood pressure is rising
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